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Title : Novell eDirectory HTTP Request Denial of Service Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1217
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0927
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-04-14

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A vulnerability has been identified in Novell eDirectory, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in the "dhost.exe" service when processing HTTP requests with a specially crafted "Connection:" header, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a vulnerable server to exhaust all available memory resources, creating a denial of service condition.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Nicholas Gregorie.

ChangeLog

2008-04-14 : Initial release

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